Peter Burke has been promoted to the Department of Enterprise, replacing outgoing Minister Simon Coveney.
And the Longford-Westmeath TD will be replaced as a Junior Minister in the European Affairs brief by Jennifer Carol-McNeil.
Patrick O’Donovan has been confirmed as the new Further and Higher Education Minister, with Hildergard Naughton remaining as the Chief Whip, but with a new brief on special needs.
There had been some uncertainty around Helen McEntees future, but she will remain as Justice Minister. Paschal Donohoe and Heather Humphries will also remain in their current roles.
TD’s will shortly vote in the Dail chamber on the new Government Ministers, before the new appointees head to Aras an Uachtarain, where they will receive their seals of office from the President.
